The Rebirth of the Sun (video lecture)
The lecture for the Winter Solstice is dedicated to the traditions of celebrating this event among various peoples from ancient times to the present day.
Explore Thutmose III's role in ancient Egyptian initiatory traditions through our engaging video lecture on historical and mythological insights.
Thutmose III: At the Origins of the Initiatory Traditions (video lecture)
Alban Artan
Yule
Every actual being must understand that it necessarily requires rebirths, and that these are impossible without battle—and that this battle has no end.
The Great Battle of the Sun
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The Journey of the Solar Barque (video lecture)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlFAL-7sxqI The lecture opens an exploration of ancient Egyptian conceptions of attaining the “wholeness of the soul” and presents an overview of the journey of...
Ancient Egyptian Conceptions of the Posthumous Journey (video lecture)
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Ancient Egyptian Conceptions of the Structure of the Mind (video lecture)
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2 responses to The Rebirth of the Sun (video lecture)
Hello, a question arose. If mistletoe is a symbol of life amid the revelry of death and blessing, then why does Loki kill the beautiful Baldur specifically with a mistletoe arrow? The mistletoe plant is poisonous. Isn’t mistletoe a symbol of false life, a symbol of the passing year just like holly?
Hello, we are talking about different mythological systems, the murder of Baldur is a Germanic myth, and mistletoe is Celtic. It is known that the Scandinavians did not necessarily call ‘mistletoe’ the same plant that the Celts did. Nevertheless, mistletoe, of course, is related to symbols of the change of seasons, however, its berries signify the new year, new birth, while ‘greenery’ is the remnant of the past.